Sample holder for cloth boards



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tours E. MAsson, or NEWQRLEANS, Louisiana],

SAMPLE HOLDER ron crown BOARDS.

Application filed September 28, 1926. Serial No. 138,256.,

This invention relates to sampleholders for cloth boards and proposes the'construction of means associated with the cloth board for holding a sample strip of the cloth in the bolt upon said cloth board and from which successive samples maybe cut, avoiding the necessity for the usualwasteful practice of cutting the sample from. the bolt it self. i

The principal object otthe invention is the provision of an endless belt upon which the sample strip is. supported, being thus relieved from all strain except from the brief moment when the end'of the strip is being pulled to withdraw the strip from the bolt for the purpose of cutting the sample. Thisfeature 'adapts the sample holder to use with the most delicate and sheer fabrics without the risk of the sample being drawn or stretched bybeing continually tensioned between the supporting means.

Another ob'ect of the invention isthe provision of a sampleholder' so constructed as to support the sample antifriction ally in the middle of the board so that the strip may be readily pulled out for cutting the sample without unduly tensioning the strip.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sample holder'capable of taking a strip the full width of the goods without I the need of folding it, so that not only is there no waste in cutting off the strip from the bolt to fill the sample holder, but every sample subsequently cut therefrom will be smooth and uncreased. g V Still anotherobject of the invention is the provision of a sample holder of so simple and inexpensive construction that it can be conveniently and profitably applied to almost any cloth board, particularly those of skeletal construction.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof proceeds.

In the drawings in which similar reference characters are used in the several figures to denote identical parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bolt of cloth wound upon a cloth board embodying the sample holder of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the cloth board and sample holder showing the loading tool.

,tangular shape.

'- Figure' 3 is a detailed View in perspective ofa portion of one of the end members. 7

Figure 4 is an end v-iew of the cloth on a slightly enlarged scale.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section taken along the line 5-5 of Figure 2, the middle part being broken away. 7 Referring now indetail to the several figures, the numeral 1 represents a bolt of cloth wound upon a cloth board, in-general denoted bythe reference character 2 andin the present instance being of skeletal construction consisting ofv side members 3 and 4, end members 5 and 6 and intermediate braces 7 and 8, all suitably secured together to form a cloth board of conventionalrec- It will be observed from Figure 3 that the middle portions of the end members 5 and 6 are depressed as indicated at 15 below the general level of the cloth board both at the top and bottom so as to provide a runway between the cloth board and'the bolt of goods wound thereupon to permit free passage of an endless belt 9. Said belt'passes around'rollers 1O and ll arranged in suitable recesses 12 in them:- ternal faces of the end members fraud 6 and journaled in end walls 13 of saidrecess, as is clearly shown in Figure 3. The wall of the bearing aperture in which one end of each roller is journaled-opens on the outer face of the end member as indicated at 16 in Figure .3 so that the rollers may be readily inserted after the cloth board has been put together. This feature permits a rapid assemblingof the sample holder in connection with the cloth board structure.

TENT oer! 1 board thickness of the cloth board so as to interpose no frictional resistance between the endless belt and the sample carried thereby and the inner surrounding layer of cloth on the board. The braces 7 and 8 are preferably round in cross section. 1 The endless belt may be constructed of any suitable material but is preferably made of non-stretchable webbing.

In use, a strip is cut from the bolted cloth. having a length preferablyv the whole width of the cloth, but not necessarily so, and is secured in any suitable manner, as by pinning, to the exposed portion 17 of the endless belt shown in Figure 1. A loading tool which preferably consists of a wire 18' having a hooked end 19 is then pushed in between the endless belt and bolt and the hooked end 19 caused to engage the fabric of the belt and the loading tool then pulled out, revolving the belt and drawing the sample let in with the belt between the latter and the bolt oi cloth. \Vhen the belt has been drawn around for a complete revolution the sample has been completely stowed within the bolt in continuous coincidence with the belt, lying there against in a smooth, unwrinlded, and unfolded manner, supported by said belt and free from any tensioning strain which might result were itself supported within the board.

The loading tool 18 is used solely for tilling the sample holder. \Vhen it is desired to cut a sample a projecting end of the strip is grasped and pulled out the desired length. incidentally revolving the belt for a distance equal to the length of the desired sample, but due to the antifrictional mounting of the belt and the tree runway ali'orded be tween the sample holder and the inner layer or" the bolt of goods, the sample is withdrawn without subjecting the, strip to any appreciable strain which might stretch or otherwise injure a delicate fabric, As each sample is cut oil there is always lelit a slight projecting portion to be grasped for withdrawing the next sample.

Fabrics are in general folded once upon the board, so that the length of the latter is one halt the width of the fabric. The present construction of endless belt, having two stretches, top and bottom, each equal to the length of tl e bolt and therefore hall the width of the cloth, permits a strip to be cut oil from the bolt of cloth the entire width thereof and to be con'ipletely stowed without the necessity of cutting oil and discarding any end piece as must be done in using sample holders capable of containing less than a full width strip. Furthermore, the strip remains arranged upon the belt in smooth and unloldcd condition that every sample cut therefrom is smooth and. without crease.

While l have in the above description disclosed what I believe to be a preferred and practical embodiment o't my invention, it is to be understood that the details specified are. illustrative rather than limitative in their definition oi the invention except where prescribed by the express terms oil the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. In a cloth board, a sample holder including spaced supports, and a flexible web I bridging the space between said supports for holding a ran'iple strip ot fabric.

2. in a cloth board, end pieces, and a sample holder including an endless beltextending longitudinally ot said board and around said end pieces.

in a cloth board, end pieces including rollers and an endless belt passing around said rollers; extending lonigtudinally ol said board and adapted to have a sample strip supported thereupon.

l. In a cloth board, end pieces including rollers, and an endless belt passing around said rollers and extending longitudinally of said board, said belt being ol a length subrtantially the longitudinal dimension of said cloth board for supporting unfolded a sample strip equal in length to the entire width of the cloth upon said cloth board.

5. In a cloth hoard, recessed end pieces rollers each journaled in the end *alls ol? the recess of one of said end pier and an endless belt passing around said rollers adapted to have a sample strip supported time upon, a bearing of each roller opening outwardly oi the end strip with which it is associated to permit easy insertion of said roller in said cloth board.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

LOUIS E. MASSON. 

